Re: [doc] something silly

["Richard Hanlon" <rahanlon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Manual to Auto is not a straightforward swap apparently.  Besides the 
different gearboxes, you'd also need new wiring and various control cables 
and switches from the throttle spool (which I was looking at in close detail 
just the other night).  I believe there are also some chassis modifications 
(ie some relatively hardcore welding) required to allow the autobox to fit.

Also as Rich Hutchinson and I (and I'm sure plenty of others!) can vouch 
from recent experience, gearbox removal and replacement is anything but a 
straightforward exercise - to be able to extract it, the top part of the 
engine needs to be dismantled to properly access and remove the clutch slave 
cylinder, to allow the gearbox room to get out of the bottom.  The 
alternative is to remove the back panel of the car, and remove engine and 
gearbox as one.  All time-consuming stuff.

Personal preference would be to swap cars with an automatic owner who wanted 
a change!! There may be someone out there...

Rich Hanlon
(393/ 6126 (auto))

>From: John Tien <johntien99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [doc] something silly
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:21:53 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Hi Alistair,
>
>Hey... does that mean I am an American
>already???Right... um... what does Clutch mean??? :P
>Just joking!!!
>
>John Tien
>DOC 8
>RHD 3046 (Gery/ Auto)
>
>
>  --- Alistair McCann <pilot25dmc@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> > Make sure your putting in the right size fuse in!!!
> > You might have a bad
> > earth also.
> >
> > AS FOR THE MANUAL TO AUTO!!!
> >
> > A friend of mine is at the moment converting his
> > from Auto to manual as
> > there is less to go wrong with a manual - now auto
> > computers are probably
> > better now but do you really want to change a car
> > that was born a manual is
> > listed in the history books as being a manual???
> >
> > DONT GO AMERICAN ON US ALL OF A SUDDEN.
> >
> > Alistair.
> > DOC 25
> > VIN# PILOT25
>
>
>
>
>
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